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Originally Posted by Fisher
Do you need an electric pump? I have found that most electric pumps are not designed for continuous use and get hot, fail , vapor lock etc. What HP level is your car, a good mechanical 120 pump can be had without a regulator.
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Most of the carter electric fuel pumps mentioned in these threads were designed as Marine applications and designed to run for hours at a time.
The Holley Pumps (Red and Blue) did not have issues with the motors as much with the vanes in the pumps (sliding vanes) STICKING in the vane housing and not "flying outward" to seal the fuel flow going from the suction side to the pressure side of the pump.
I had to take apart my Blue Pump in the spring each year and make sure the vanes were free to seal against the pump walls.
Tom V.